EP3013054A1 - Method for decoding video accompanied with context-based arithmetic decoding - Google Patents

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EP3013054A1
EP3013054A1 EP15194151.5A EP15194151A EP3013054A1 EP 3013054 A1 EP3013054 A1 EP 3013054A1 EP 15194151 A EP15194151 A EP 15194151A EP 3013054 A1 EP3013054 A1 EP 3013054A1
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  • the present invention relates to video encoding and video decoding involving arithmetic encoding and arithmetic decoding, respectively.
  • a need for a video codec for effectively encoding or decoding the high resolution or high quality video content is increasing.
  • a video codec is encoded according to a limited encoding method based on a macroblock having a predetermined size.
  • Image data of a spatial domain is converted to coefficients of a frequency region by using a frequency conversion method.
  • a video codec encodes frequency coefficients in units of blocks by dividing an image into a plurality of blocks having a predetermined size and performing discrete cosine transformation (DCT) conversion for rapid operation of frequency conversion.
  • the coefficients of the frequency region are easily compressed compared to the image data of the spatial domain.
  • a pixel value of an image in the spatial domain is represented as a prediction error, and thus if frequency conversion is performed on the prediction error, a large amount of data may be converted to 0.
  • a video codec converts data that is continuously and repeatedly generated into small data to reduce an amount of data.
  • the present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing arithmetic encoding and arithmetic decoding a video by classifying a symbol into prefix and suffix bit strings.
  • a method of decoding a video through symbol decoding including: parsing symbols of image blocks from a received bitstream; classifying a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block; performing arithmetic decoding by using an arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; performing inverse binarization by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and restoring the image blocks by performing inverse transformation and prediction on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization.
  • Efficiency of a symbol encoding/decoding process is improved by performing a binarization method having a relatively small amount of operation burden on the suffix region or the suffix bit string or by omitting the context modeling during the context-based arithmetic encoding/decoding for symbol encoding/decoding.
  • a method of decoding a video through symbol decoding including: parsing symbols of image blocks from a received bitstream; classifying a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block; performing arithmetic decoding by using an arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; performing inverse binarization by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and restoring the image blocks by performing inverse transformation and prediction on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization.
  • the performing of the inverse binarization may include restoring a prefix region and a suffix region of the symbol by performing inverse binarization according to the binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the performing of the arithmetic decoding may include: performing arithmetic decoding for determining context modeling on the prefix bit string according to locations of bits; and performing arithmetic decoding for omitting the context modeling on the suffix bit string in a bypass mode.
  • the performing of the arithmetic decoding may include performing the arithmetic decoding by using a context of a predetermined index that is previously allocated to the locations of the bits of the prefix bit string, when the symbol is final coefficient position information of a transformation coefficient.
  • the current symbol may include at least one of an intra prediction mode and final coefficient position information of the current block.
  • the binarization method further may include at least one selected from the group consisting of unary binarization, truncated unary binarization, exponential Golomb binarization, and fixed length binarization.
  • a method of encoding a video through symbol encoding including: generating symbols by performing prediction and transformation on image blocks; classifying a current symbol into a prefix region and a suffix region based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block; generating a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix region and the suffix region; performing symbol encoding by using an arithmetic encoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and outputting bit strings generated through the symbol encoding in the form of bitstreams.
  • the performing of the symbol encoding may include: performing the symbol encoding on the prefix bit string by using an arithmetic encoding method for performing context modeling according to locations of bits; and performing the symbol encoding on the suffix bit string by using an arithmetic encoding method for omitting the context modeling in a bypass mode.
  • the performing of the symbol encoding may include performing the arithmetic encoding by using a context of a predetermined index that is previously allocated to the locations of the bits of the prefix bit string, when the symbol is final coefficient position information of a transformation coefficient.
  • the current symbol may include at least one of an intra prediction mode and final coefficient position information of the current block.
  • the binarization method may further include at least one selected from the group consisting of unary binarization, truncated unary binarization, exponential Golomb binarization, and fixed length binarization.
  • an apparatus for decoding a video through symbol decoding including: a parser for parsing symbols of image blocks from a received bitstream; a symbol decoder for classifying a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block, and performing arithmetic decoding by using an arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string, and then performing inverse binarization by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and an image restoring unit for restoring the image blocks by performing inverse transformation and prediction on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization.
  • an apparatus for encoding a video through symbol encoding including: an image encoder for generating symbols by performing prediction and transformation on image blocks; a symbol encoder for classifying a current symbol into a prefix region and a suffix region based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block, and generating a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix region and the suffix region, and then performing symbol encoding by using an arithmetic encoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string; and a bitstream output unit for outputting bit strings generated through the symbol encoding in the form of bitstreams.
  • a computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing the method of decoding a video through symbol decoding.
  • a computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing the method of encoding a video through symbol encoding.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 A video encoding method involving arithmetic encoding and a video decoding method involving arithmetic decoding according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 . Also, a video encoding method involving arithmetic encoding and a video decoding method involving arithmetic decoding based on coding units having a tree structure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 19 .
  • an 'image' may refer to a still image of a video or a movie, that is, a video itself.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 a video encoding method and a video decoding method, according to an embodiment of the present invention, based on a prediction method in an intra prediction mode will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 .
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a video encoding apparatus 10, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 may encode video data of a spatial domain through intra prediction/inter prediction, transformation, quantization, and symbol encoding.
  • intra prediction/inter prediction transformation, quantization, and symbol encoding.
  • operations occurring when the video encoding apparatus 10 encodes symbols generated by the intra prediction/inter prediction, the transformation, and the quantization through arithmetic encoding will be described in detail.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 includes an image encoder 12, a symbol encoder 14, and a bitstream output unit 16.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 may split image data of a video into a plurality of data units and encode the image data according to the data units.
  • the data unit may have a square shape or a rectangular shape, or may be an arbitrary geometric shape, but the data unit is not limited to a data unit having a predetermined size.
  • a data unit may be a maximum coding unit, a coding unit, a prediction unit, a transformation unit, or the like.
  • a video encoding method for a 'block' which is a kind of data unit will be described in detail.
  • the video encoding method according to various embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the video encoding method for the 'block', and may be used for various data units.
  • the image encoder 12 performs operations, such as intra prediction/inter prediction, transformation, or quantization, on image blocks to generate symbols.
  • the symbol encoder 14 classifies a current symbol into a prefix region and a suffix region based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block to encode the current symbol from among the symbols generated according to the blocks.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine the threshold value for classifying the current symbol into the prefix region and the suffix region based on at least one of a width and a height of the current block.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine a symbol encoding method for each of the prefix region and the suffix region and encode each of the prefix region and the suffix region according to the symbol encoding method.
  • Symbol encoding may be divided into a binarization process for transforming a symbol into bit strings and an arithmetic encoding process for performing context-based arithmetic encoding on the bit strings.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine a binarization method for each of the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol and perform binarization on each of the prefix region and the suffix region according to the binarization method.
  • a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string may be generated from the prefix region and the suffix region, respectively.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine an arithmetic encoding method for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the symbol and perform arithmetic encoding on each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string according to the arithmetic encoding method.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine a binarization method for each of the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol and perform binarization on each of the prefix region and the suffix region according to the binarization method, and may determine an arithmetic encoding method for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the symbol and perform arithmetic encoding on the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string according to the arithmetic encoding method.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine a binarization method for each of the prefix region and the suffix region.
  • the binarization methods determined for the prefix region and the suffix region may be different from each other.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may determine an arithmetic encoding method for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the arithmetic encoding methods determined for the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string may be different from each other.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may binarize the prefix region and the suffix region by using different methods only in a binarization process of a symbol decoding process, or may encode the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using different methods only in an arithmetic encoding process. Also, the symbol encoder 14 may encode the prefix region (prefix bit string) and the suffix region (suffix bit string) by using different methods in both the binarization and arithmetic encoding processes.
  • the selected binarization method may be at least one of general binarization, unary binarization, truncated unary binarization, exponential Golomb binarization, and fixed length binarization methods.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may perform symbol encoding by performing arithmetic encoding for performing context modeling on the prefix bit string according to locations of bits and by performing arithmetic encoding for omitting context modeling on the suffix bit string in a bypass mode.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may individually perform the symbol encoding on the prefix region and the suffix region with respect to symbols including at least one of an intra prediction mode and final coefficient position information of a transformation coefficient.
  • the symbol encoder 14 may also perform the arithmetic encoding by using a context of a predetermined index that is previously allocated to the prefix bit string. For example, the symbol encoder 14 may perform arithmetic encoding by using a context of a predetermined index that is previously allocated to each location of the bits of the prefix bit string when the symbol is final coefficient position information of the transformation coefficient.
  • the bitstream output unit 16 outputs bit strings generated through the symbol encoding in the form of bitstreams.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 may perform arithmetic encoding on symbols of blocks of a video and output the symbols.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 may include a central processor (not shown) for controlling all of the image encoder 12, the symbol encoder 14, and the bitstream output unit 16.
  • the image encoder 12, the symbol encoder 14, and the bitstream output unit 16 may be operated by processors (not shown) respectively installed therein, and the entire video encoding apparatus 10 may be operated by systematically operating the processors (not shown).
  • the image encoder 12, the symbol encoder 14, and the bitstream output unit 16 may be controlled by an external processor (not shown) of the video encoding apparatus 10.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 may include at least one data storage unit (not shown) for storing data that is input/output to/from the image encoder 12, the symbol encoder 14, and the bitstream output unit 16.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 may include a memory controller (not shown) for controlling input/output of data stored in the data storage unit (not shown).
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 is operated by being linked with an internal video encoding processor or an external video encoding processor to perform video encoding including prediction and transformation, thereby outputting a result of the video encoding.
  • the internal video encoding processor of the video encoding apparatus 10 may perform a basic video encoding operation not only by using a separate processor, but also by including a video encoding processing module in the video encoding apparatus 10, a central operating apparatus, or a graphic operating apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a video decoding apparatus 20, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 may decode the video data encoded by the video encoding apparatus 10 through parsing, symbol decoding, inverse quantization, inverse transformation, intra prediction/motion compensation, etc. and restore the video data close to the original video data of the spatial domain.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 performs arithmetic decoding on the parsed symbols from a bitstream to restore the symbols.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 includes a parser 22, a symbol decoder 24, and an image restoring unit 26.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 may receive a bitstream including encoded data of a video.
  • the parser 22 may parse symbols of image blocks from the bitstream.
  • the parser 22 may parse the symbols encoded through arithmetic encoding with respect to the blocks of the video from the bitstream.
  • the parser 22 may parse symbols including an intra prediction mode of the block of the video, final coefficient position information of a transformation coefficient, etc. from the received bitstream.
  • the symbol decoder 24 determines a threshold value for classifying a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may determine the threshold value for classifying the current symbol into the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string based on a size of a current block, that is, at least one of a width and a height of the current block.
  • the symbol decoder 24 determines an arithmetic decoding method for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the symbol decoder 24 performs symbol decoding by using the arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the arithmetic decoding methods determined for the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string may be different from each other.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may determine a binarization method for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the symbol. Accordingly, the symbol decoder 24 may perform inverse binarization on the prefix bit string of the symbol by using the binarization method.
  • the binarization methods determined for the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string may be different from each other.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may perform arithmetic decoding by using the arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the symbol, and may perform inverse binarization by using the binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string generated through the arithmetic decoding.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may decode the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using different methods only in an arithmetic decoding process of a symbol decoding process, or may perform inverse binarization by using different methods only in an inverse binarization process. Also, the symbol decoder 24 may decode the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string by using different methods in both the arithmetic decoding and inverse binarization processes.
  • the binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the symbol may not only be a general binarization method, but may also be at least one of unary binarization, truncated unary binarization, exponential Golomb binarization, and fixed length binarization methods.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may perform arithmetic decoding for performing context modeling on the prefix bit string according to locations of bits.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may use an arithmetic decoding method for omitting context modeling on the suffix bit string in a bypass mode. Accordingly, the symbol decoder 24 may perform symbol decoding through the arithmetic decoding performed on each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the symbol.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may perform the arithmetic decoding on the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of symbols including at least one of an intra prediction mode and final coefficient position information of a transformation coefficient.
  • the symbol decoder 24 may perform arithmetic decoding by using a context of a predetermined index that is previously allocated according to locations of the bits of the prefix bit string when the symbol is information about the final coefficient position of the transformation coefficient.
  • the image restoring unit 26 may restore a prefix region and a suffix region of a symbol by performing the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization on each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the image restoring unit 26 may restore the symbol by synthesizing the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol.
  • the image restoring unit 26 performs inverse transformation and prediction on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization.
  • the image restoring unit 26 may restore image blocks by performing operations, such as inverse quantization, inverse transformation, or intra prediction/motion compensation, by using the corresponding symbols for each of the image blocks.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 may include a central processor (not shown) for controlling all of the parser 22, the symbol decoder 24, and the image restoring unit 26.
  • the parser 22, the symbol decoder 24, and the image restoring unit 26 may be operated by processors (not shown) respectively installed therein, and the entire video decoding apparatus 20 may be operated by systematically operating the processors (not shown).
  • the parser 22, the symbol decoder 24, and the image restoring unit 26 may be controlled by an external processor (not shown) of the video decoding apparatus 20.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 may include at least one data storage unit (not shown) for storing data that is input/output to/from the parser 22, the symbol decoder 24, and the image restoring unit 26.
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 may include a memory controller (not shown) for controlling input/output of data stored in the data storage unit (not shown).
  • the video decoding apparatus 20 is operated by being linked with an internal video decoding processor or an external video decoding processor to perform video decoding including inverse transformation.
  • the internal video decoding processor of the video decoding apparatus 20 may perform a basic video decoding operation not only by using a separate processor, but also by including a video decoding processing module in the video decoding apparatus 20, a central operating apparatus, or a graphic operating apparatus.
  • Context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding is widely used as an arithmetic encoding/decoding method based on a context for symbol encoding/decoding.
  • each bit of a symbol bit string may be a bin of a context, and a location of each bit may be mapped to a bin index.
  • a length of the bit string that is, a length of the bin, may vary according to a size of a symbol value.
  • Context modeling for determining a context of a symbol is required to perform the context-based arithmetic encoding/decoding.
  • the context is renewed according to locations of bits of the symbol bit string, that is, in each bin index, to perform the context modeling, and thus a complicated operation process is required.
  • the symbol is classified into the prefix region and the suffix region, and a relatively simple binarization method may be used for the suffix region compared to the prefix region.
  • the arithmetic encoding/decoding through the context modeling is performed on the prefix bit string, and the context modeling is not performed on the suffix bit string, and thus a burden of an operation amount for the context-based arithmetic encoding/decoding may be reduced.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 and the video decoding apparatus 20 may improve efficiency of a symbol encoding/decoding process by performing a binarization method having a relatively small amount of operation burden on the suffix region or the suffix bit string or by omitting the context modeling during the context-based arithmetic encoding/decoding for symbol encoding/decoding.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams for describing arithmetic encoding by classifying a symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string according to a predetermined threshold value, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the final coefficient position information is a symbol representing a location of a final coefficient, not 0, from among transformation coefficients of a block. Since a size of the block is defined as a width and a height, the final coefficient position information may be represented by two-dimensional coordinates, that is, an x-coordinate in a width direction and a y-coordinate in a height direction. For convenience of description, FIG. 3 shows a case where symbol encoding is performed on the x-coordinate in the width direction from among the final coefficient position information when a width of a block is w.
  • a range of the x-coordinate of the final coefficient position information is within the width of the block, and thus the x-coordinate of the final coefficient position information is equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or less than w-1.
  • the symbol may be classified into a prefix region and a suffix region based on a predetermined threshold value th.
  • the arithmetic encoding may be performed on the prefix bit string in which the prefix region is binarized, based on the context determined through the context modeling.
  • the arithmetic encoding may be performed on the suffix bit string in which the suffix region is binarized, in a bypass mode in which the context modeling is omitted.
  • the threshold value th for classifying the symbol into the prefix region and the suffix region may be determined based on the width w of the block.
  • the threshold value th may be determined to be (w/2)-1 to divide the bit string by two (threshold value determination formula 1).
  • the width w of the block generally has a square of 2, and thus the threshold value th may be determined based on a log value of the width w (threshold value determination formula 2).
  • ⁇ threshold value determination formula 1 > th w / 2 - 1 ;
  • ⁇ threshold value determination formula 2 > th log 2 w ⁇ ⁇ 1 - 1 ;
  • 3 may be classified as the prefix region, and the rest of values other than 3 may be classified as the suffix region.
  • the prefix region and the suffix region may be binarized according to the binarization method determined for each of the prefix region and the suffix region.
  • 3 may be classified as the prefix region, and 2 may be classified as the suffix region.
  • the prefix region and the suffix region may be binarized according to different binarization methods determined for the prefix region and the suffix region, respectively.
  • the prefix region may be binarized according to a unary binarization method
  • the suffix region may be binarized according to a general binarization method.
  • a prefix bit string 32 '0001' may be generated from the prefix region
  • a suffix bit string 34 '010' may be generated from the suffix region.
  • context-based arithmetic encoding may be performed on the prefix bit string 32 '0001' through context modeling.
  • a context index may be determined for each bin of the prefix bit string 32 '0001'.
  • Arithmetic encoding may be performed on the suffix bit string 34 '010' in a bypass mode without performing context modeling.
  • the arithmetic encoding may be performed without performing the context modeling assuming that in the bypass mode each bin has a context of an equal probability state, that is, the context of 50%.
  • the context-based arithmetic encoding may be performed on each of the prefix bit string 32 '0001' and the suffix bit string 34 '010' to complete the symbol encoding with respect to the x-coordinate N of the current final coefficient position information.
  • symbol decoding may be performed in the same manner.
  • a parsed symbol bit string may be classified into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on the width w of the block
  • the arithmetic decoding may be performed on the prefix bit string 32 through the context modeling
  • the arithmetic decoding may be performed on the suffix bit string 34 without performing the context modeling.
  • Inverse binarization may be performed on the prefix bit string 32 after the arithmetic decoding by using the unary binarization method, and the prefix region may be restored.
  • the inverse binarization may be performed on the suffix bit string 34 after the arithmetic encoding by using the general binarization method, and thus the suffix region may be restored.
  • the symbol may be restored by synthesizing the restored prefix region and suffix region.
  • the binarization method is not limited thereto.
  • a truncated unary binarization method may be used for the prefix region (prefix bit string)
  • a fixed length binarization method may be used for the suffix region (suffix bit string).
  • the context modeling to be performed on the prefix bit string may be determined according to a size of the block.
  • a location of each number corresponds to the bin index of the prefix bit string, and the number denotes a context index to be used in a location of the corresponding bit.
  • the prefix bit string is comprised of a total of four bits, and when k is 0, 1, 2, and 3 according to the context mapping table, the context indexes 0, 1, 2, and 2 are determined for a k-th bin index, and thus arithmetic encoding based on the context modeling may be performed.
  • FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which an intra prediction mode includes a luma intra mode and a chroma intra mode indicating an intra prediction direction of a luma block and a chroma block, respectively.
  • the intra prediction mode is 6
  • a symbol bit string 40 '0000001' is generated according to a unary binarization method.
  • arithmetic encoding may be performed on a first bit 41 '0' of the symbol bit string 40 of the intra prediction mode, through context modeling, and arithmetic encoding may be performed on the rest of bits 45 '000001' of the symbol bit string 40, in a bypass mode.
  • the first bit 41 of the symbol bit string 40 corresponds to a prefix bit string
  • the rest of bits 45 of the symbol bit string 40 correspond to a suffix bit string.
  • How many bits of the symbol bit string 40 are encoded in arithmetic encoding as the prefix bit string through the context modeling and how many bits of the symbol bit string 40 are encoded in arithmetic encoding as the suffix bit string in the bypass mode may be determined according to a size of a block or a size of a set of blocks. For example, regarding a 64x64 block, arithmetic encoding may be performed only on a first bit from among bit strings of an intra prediction mode, and arithmetic encoding may be performed on the rest of bits in a bypass mode. Regarding blocks having other sizes, arithmetic encoding may be performed on all bits of the bit strings of the intra prediction mode in the bypass mode.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 and the video decoding apparatus 20 may select an arithmetic encoding method according to a binarization method having a relatively high accuracy with respect to the prefix bit string close to the MSB even though there is a burden of an operation amount, and may select an arithmetic encoding method according to a binarization method capable of performing a simple operation with respect to the suffix bit string close to the LSB.
  • the video encoding apparatus 10 and the video decoding apparatus 20 may select an arithmetic encoding method based on context modeling with respect to the context modeling and may select an arithmetic encoding method, not performing context modeling, with respect to the suffix bit string close to the LSB.
  • a symbol encoding method in which binarization/arithmetic encoding methods individually determined for the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string are used or different binarization/arithmetic encoding methods are used is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 , and various binarization/arithmetic encoding methods may be used for various symbols.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart for describing a video encoding method, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • symbols are generated by performing prediction and transformation on image blocks.
  • a current symbol is classified into a prefix region and a suffix region based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block.
  • a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string are generated by using binarization methods individually determined for the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol.
  • symbol encoding is performed by using arithmetic encoding methods individually determined for the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • bit strings generated through the symbol encoding are output in the form of bitstreams.
  • the symbol encoding may be performed on the prefix bit string by using an arithmetic encoding method for performing context modeling according to locations of bits, and the symbol encoding may also be performed on the suffix bit string by using an arithmetic encoding method for omitting the context modeling in a bypass mode.
  • the arithmetic encoding may be performed by using a context of a predetermined index that is previously allocated to the locations of the bits of the prefix bit string.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart for describing a video decoding method, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • symbols of image blocks are parsed from a received bitstream.
  • a current symbol is classified into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block.
  • arithmetic decoding is performed by using an arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the current symbol.
  • inverse binarization is performed by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol may be restored by performing the inverse binarization by using the binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the image blocks may be restored by performing inverse transformation and prediction on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization.
  • the arithmetic decoding for determining the context modeling according to the locations of the bits may be performed on the prefix bit string, and the arithmetic decoding for omitting the context modeling may be performed on the suffix bit string in a bypass mode.
  • the arithmetic decoding may be performed by using the context of the predetermined index that is previously allocated to the locations of the bits of the prefix bit string.
  • blocks in which video data is split are split into coding units having a tree structure, prediction units are used to perform intra prediction on the coding units, and a transformation unit is used to transform the coding units.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a video encoding apparatus 100 based on coding units having a tree structure, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 involving video prediction based on the coding unit having a tree structure includes a maximum coding unit splitter 110, a coding unit determiner 120, and an output unit 130.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 involving video prediction based on the coding unit having a tree structure will be referred to as a video encoding apparatus 100.
  • the maximum coding unit splitter 110 may split a current picture based on a maximum coding unit for the current picture of an image. If the current picture is larger than the maximum coding unit, image data of the current picture may be split into the at least one maximum coding unit.
  • the maximum coding unit according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a data unit having a size of 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, 256x256, etc., wherein a shape of the data unit is a square having a width and length in squares of 2.
  • the image data may be output to the coding unit determiner 120 according to the at least one maximum coding unit.
  • a coding unit may be characterized by a maximum size and a depth.
  • the depth denotes a number of times the coding unit is spatially split from the maximum coding unit, and as the depth deepens, deeper coding units according to depths may be split from the maximum coding unit to a minimum coding unit.
  • a depth of the maximum coding unit is an uppermost depth and a depth of the minimum coding unit is a lowermost depth. Since a size of a coding unit corresponding to each depth decreases as the depth of the maximum coding unit deepens, a coding unit corresponding to an upper depth may include a plurality of coding units corresponding to lower depths.
  • the image data of the current picture is split into the maximum coding units according to a maximum size of the coding unit, and each of the maximum coding units may include deeper coding units that are split according to depths. Since the maximum coding unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is split according to depths, the image data of a spatial domain included in the maximum coding unit may be hierarchically classified according to depths.
  • a maximum depth and a maximum size of a coding unit, which limit the total number of times a height and a width of the maximum coding unit are hierarchically split may be predetermined.
  • the coding unit determiner 120 encodes at least one split region obtained by splitting a region of the maximum coding unit according to depths, and determines a depth to output finally encoded image data according to the at least one split region. In other words, the coding unit determiner 120 determines a coded depth by encoding the image data in the deeper coding units according to depths, according to the maximum coding unit of the current picture, and selecting a depth having the least encoding error. The determined coded depth and the encoded image data according to the determined coded depth are output to the output unit 130.
  • the image data in the maximum coding unit is encoded based on the deeper coding units corresponding to at least one depth equal to or below the maximum depth, and results of encoding the image data are compared based on each of the deeper coding units.
  • a depth having the least encoding error may be selected after comparing encoding errors of the deeper coding units.
  • At least one coded depth may be selected for each maximum coding unit.
  • the size of the maximum coding unit is split as a coding unit is hierarchically split according to depths, and as the number of coding units increases. Also, even if coding units correspond to a same depth in one maximum coding unit, it is determined whether to split each of the coding units corresponding to the same depth to a lower depth by measuring an encoding error of the image data of the each coding unit, separately. Accordingly, even when image data is included in one maximum coding unit, the image data is split into regions according to the depths and the encoding errors may differ according to regions in the one maximum coding unit, and thus the coded depths may differ according to the regions in the image data. Thus, one or more coded depths may be determined in one maximum coding unit, and the image data of the maximum coding unit may be divided according to coding units of at least one coded depth.
  • the coding unit determiner 120 may determine coding units having a tree structure included in the maximum coding unit.
  • the 'coding units having a tree structure' according to an embodiment of the present invention include coding units corresponding to a depth determined to be the coded depth, from among all deeper coding units included in the maximum coding unit.
  • a coding unit of a coded depth may be hierarchically determined according to depths in the same region of the maximum coding unit, and may be independently determined in different regions. Similarly, a coded depth in a current region may be independently determined from a coded depth in another region.
  • a maximum depth according to an embodiment of the present invention is an index related to the number of times splitting is performed from a maximum coding unit to a minimum coding unit.
  • a first maximum depth according to an embodiment of the present invention may denote the total number of times splitting is performed from the maximum coding unit to the minimum coding unit.
  • a second maximum depth according to an embodiment of the present invention may denote the total number of depth levels from the maximum coding unit to the minimum coding unit. For example, when a depth of the maximum coding unit is 0, a depth of a coding unit, in which the maximum coding unit is split once, may be set to 1, and a depth of a coding unit, in which the maximum coding unit is split twice, may be set to 2.
  • the minimum coding unit is a coding unit in which the maximum coding unit is split four times, 5 depth levels of depths 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 exist, and thus the first maximum depth may be set to 4, and the second maximum depth may be set to 5.
  • Prediction encoding and transformation may be performed according to the maximum coding unit.
  • the prediction encoding and the transformation are also performed based on the deeper coding units according to a depth equal to or depths less than the maximum depth, according to the maximum coding unit.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 may variously select a size or shape of a data unit for encoding the image data.
  • operations such as prediction encoding, transformation, and entropy encoding, are performed, and at this time, the same data unit may be used for all operations or different data units may be used for each operation.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 may select not only a coding unit for encoding the image data, but also a data unit different from the coding unit so as to perform the prediction encoding on the image data in the coding unit.
  • the prediction encoding may be performed based on a coding unit corresponding to a coded depth, i.e., based on a coding unit that is no longer split to coding units corresponding to a lower depth.
  • a 'prediction unit' the coding unit that is no longer split and becomes a basis unit for prediction encoding.
  • a partition obtained by splitting the prediction unit may include a prediction unit or a data unit obtained by splitting at least one of a height and a width of the prediction unit.
  • a partition is a data unit having a shape in which the prediction unit of the coding unit is divided, and the prediction unit may be a partition having the same size as the coding unit.
  • a size of a partition may be 2Nx2N, 2NxN, Nx2N, or NxN.
  • Examples of a partition type include symmetrical partitions that are obtained by symmetrically splitting a height or width of the prediction unit, partitions obtained by asymmetrically splitting the height or width of the prediction unit, such as 1:n or n:1, partitions that are obtained by geometrically splitting the prediction unit, and partitions having arbitrary shapes.
  • a prediction mode of the prediction unit may be at least one of an intra mode, an inter mode, and a skip mode.
  • the intra mode or the inter mode may be performed on the partition of 2Nx2N, 2NxN, Nx2N, or NxN.
  • the skip mode may be performed only on the partition of 2Nx2N.
  • the encoding is independently performed on one prediction unit in a coding unit, thereby selecting a prediction mode having a least encoding error.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 may also perform the transformation on the image data in a coding unit based not only on the coding unit for encoding the image data, but also based on a data unit that is different from the coding unit.
  • the transformation may be performed based on a transformation unit having a size smaller than or equal to the coding unit.
  • the transformation unit may include a transformation unit for an intra mode and a transformation unit for an inter mode.
  • the transformation unit in the coding unit may be recursively split into smaller sized regions.
  • residual data in the coding unit may be divided according to the transformation having a tree structure according to transformation depths.
  • a transformation depth indicating the number of times splitting is performed to reach the transformation unit by splitting the height and width of the coding unit may also be set in the transformation unit.
  • a transformation depth may be 0 when the size of a transformation unit is also 2Nx2N, may be 1 when the transformation unit size is NxN, and may be 2 when the transformation unit size is N/2xN/2.
  • the transformation unit having a tree structure may be set according to transformation depths.
  • Encoding information according to coding units corresponding to a coded depth requires not only information about the coded depth, but also information related to prediction encoding and transformation. Accordingly, the coding unit determiner 120 not only determines a coded depth having a least encoding error, but also determines a partition type in a prediction unit, a prediction mode according to prediction units, and a size of a transformation unit for transformation.
  • Coding units according to a tree structure in a maximum coding unit and a method of determining a prediction unit/partition and a transformation unit, according to embodiments of the present invention, will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 7 through 19 .
  • the coding unit determiner 120 may measure an encoding error of deeper coding units according to depths by using Rate-Distortion Optimization based on Lagrangian multipliers.
  • the output unit 130 outputs the image data of the maximum coding unit, which is encoded based on the at least one coded depth determined by the coding unit determiner 120, and information about the encoding mode according to the coded depth, in bitstreams.
  • the encoded image data may be obtained by encoding residual data of an image.
  • the information about the encoding mode according to coded depth may include information about the coded depth, the partition type in the prediction unit, the prediction mode, and the size of the transformation unit.
  • the information about the coded depth may be defined by using split information according to depths, which indicates whether encoding is performed on coding units of a lower depth instead of a current depth. If the current depth of the current coding unit is the coded depth, image data in the current coding unit is encoded and output, and thus the split information may be defined not to split the current coding unit to a lower depth. Alternatively, if the current depth of the current coding unit is not the coded depth, the encoding is performed on the coding unit of the lower depth, and thus the split information may be defined to split the current coding unit to obtain the coding units of the lower depth.
  • encoding is performed on the coding unit that is split into the coding unit of the lower depth. Since at least one coding unit of the lower depth exists in one coding unit of the current depth, the encoding is repeatedly performed on each coding unit of the lower depth, and thus the encoding may be recursively performed for the coding units having the same depth.
  • the coding units having a tree structure are determined for one maximum coding unit, and information about at least one encoding mode is determined for a coding unit of a coded depth, information about at least one encoding mode may be determined for one maximum coding unit. Also, a coded depth of the image data of the maximum coding unit may be different according to locations since the image data is hierarchically split according to depths, and thus information about the coded depth and the encoding mode may be set for the image data.
  • the output unit 130 may assign encoding information about a corresponding coded depth and an encoding mode to at least one of the coding unit, the prediction unit, and a minimum unit included in the maximum coding unit.
  • the minimum unit is a rectangular data unit obtained by splitting the minimum coding unit constituting the lowermost depth by 4.
  • the minimum unit may be a maximum rectangular data unit that may be included in all of the coding units, prediction units, partition units, and transformation units included in the maximum coding unit.
  • the encoding information output through the output unit 130 may be classified into encoding information according to coding units, and encoding information according to prediction units.
  • the encoding information according to the coding units may include the information about the prediction mode and about the size of the partitions.
  • the encoding information according to the prediction units may include information about an estimated direction of an inter mode, about a reference image index of the inter mode, about a motion vector, about a chroma component of an intra mode, and about an interpolation method of the intra mode.
  • information about a maximum size of the coding unit defined according to pictures, slices, or groups of pictures (GOPs), and information about a maximum depth may be inserted into a sequence parameter set (SPS) or a picture parameter set (PPS).
  • SPS sequence parameter set
  • PPS picture parameter set
  • information about the maximum size of the transformation unit allowed for the current video and information about the minimum size of the transformation unit may be output via a header of a bitstream, an SPS, or a PPS.
  • the output unit 130 may encode and output reference information, single-direction prediction information, slice type information including a fourth slice type, etc. related to the prediction described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 .
  • the deeper coding unit may be a coding unit obtained by dividing a height or width of a coding unit of an upper depth, which is one layer above, by two.
  • the size of the coding unit of the current depth is 2Nx2N
  • the size of the coding unit of the lower depth is NxN
  • the coding unit of the current depth having the size of 2Nx2N may include at most 4 coding units of the lower depth.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 may form the coding units having the tree structure by determining coding units having an optimum shape and an optimum size for each maximum coding unit, based on the size of the maximum coding unit and the maximum depth determined considering characteristics of the current picture. Also, since encoding may be performed on each maximum coding unit by using anyone of various prediction modes and transformations, an optimum encoding mode may be determined considering characteristics of the coding unit of various image sizes.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 of FIG. 7 may perform operations of the video encoding apparatus 10 described with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • the coding unit determiner 120 may perform operations of the image encoder 12 of the video encoding apparatus 10.
  • the coding unit determiner 120 may determine a prediction unit for intra prediction according to coding units having a tree structure for each maximum coding unit, perform the intra prediction in each prediction unit, determine a transformation unit for transformation, and perform transformation in each transformation unit.
  • the output unit 130 may perform operations of a symbol encoding unit 14 and a bitstream output unit 16 of the video encoding apparatus 10. Symbols for various data units, such as a picture, a slice, a maximum coding unit, a coding unit, a prediction unit, and a transformation unit, are generated, and each of the symbols is classified into a prefix region and a suffix region according to a threshold value determined based on a size of the corresponding data unit. The output unit 130 may generate a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string by using a binarization method determined for each of the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol.
  • Any one of a general binarization, a unary binarization, a truncated unary binarization, an exponential Golomb binarization, and a fixed length binarization is selected to binarize the prefix region and the suffix region, thereby generating the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the output unit 130 may perform symbol encoding by performing arithmetic encoding determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the output unit 130 may perform symbol encoding by performing arithmetic encoding for performing context modeling according to locations of bits on the prefix bit string and by performing arithmetic encoding for omitting context modeling on the suffix bit string in a bypass mode.
  • the threshold value for classifying the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string may be determined according to a size (width or height) of the transformation unit.
  • the threshold value may be determined according to sizes of a slice including the current transformation unit, a maximum coding unit, a coding unit, a prediction unit, etc.
  • a maximum index of an intra prediction mode how many bits of a symbol bit string are encoded in arithmetic encoding as the prefix bit string through context modeling in the intra prediction mode and how many bits of the symbol bit string are encoded in arithmetic encoding as the suffix bit string in a bypass mode.
  • a total of 34 intra prediction modes may be used for prediction units having sizes of 8x8, 16x16, and 32x32
  • a total of 17 intra prediction modes may be used for a prediction unit having a size of 4x4
  • a total of number intra prediction modes may be used for a prediction unit having a size of 64x64.
  • a first bit from among bit strings in the intra prediction mode may be encoded through the context modeling for arithmetic encoding with respect to the prediction units having sizes of 8x8, 16x16, and 32x32. Also, all bits from among the bit strings in the intra prediction mode may be encoded in the bypass mode for arithmetic encoding with respect to the rest of prediction units, that is, the prediction units having sizes of 4x4 and 64x64.
  • the output unit 130 may output the bit strings generated through the symbol encoding in the form of bitstreams.
  • FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a video decoding apparatus 200 based on a coding unit having a tree structure, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the video decoding apparatus 200 performing video prediction based on the coding unit having a tree structure includes a receiver 210, an image data and encoding information extractor 220, and an image data decoder 230.
  • Definitions of various terms, such as a coding unit, a depth, a prediction unit, a transformation unit, and information about various encoding modes, for various operations of the video decoding apparatus 200 are identical to those described with reference to FIG. 7 and the video encoding apparatus 100.
  • the receiver 210 receives and parses a bitstream of an encoded video.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 extracts encoded image data for each coding unit from the parsed bitstream, wherein the coding units have a tree structure according to each maximum coding unit, and outputs the extracted image data to the image data decoder 230.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 may extract information about a maximum size of a coding unit of a current picture, from a header about the current picture, or an SPS, or a PPS.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 extracts information about a coded depth and an encoding mode for the coding units having a tree structure according to each maximum coding unit, from the parsed bitstream.
  • the extracted information about the coded depth and the encoding mode is output to the image data decoder 230.
  • the image data in a bit string is split into the maximum coding unit so that the image data decoder 230 decodes the image data for each maximum coding unit.
  • the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode according to the maximum coding unit may be set for information about at least one coding unit corresponding to the coded depth, and information about an encoding mode may include information about a partition type of a corresponding coding unit corresponding to the coded depth, a prediction mode, and a size of a transformation unit. Also, splitting information according to depths may be extracted as the information about the coded depth.
  • the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode according to each maximum coding unit extracted by the image data and encoding information extractor 220 is information about a coded depth and an encoding mode determined to generate a minimum encoding error when an encoder, such as the video encoding apparatus 100, repeatedly performs encoding for each deeper coding unit according to depths according to each maximum coding unit. Accordingly, the video decoding apparatus 200 may restore an image by decoding the image data according to a coded depth and an encoding mode that generates the minimum encoding error.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 may extract the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode according to the predetermined data units.
  • the predetermined data units to which the same information about the coded depth and the encoding mode is assigned may be inferred to be the data units included in the same maximum coding unit.
  • the image data decoder 230 restores the current picture by decoding the image data in each maximum coding unit based on the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode according to the maximum coding units.
  • the image data decoder 230 may decode the encoded image data based on the extracted information about the partition type, the prediction mode, and the transformation unit for each coding unit from among the coding units having the tree structure included in each maximum coding unit.
  • a decoding process may include prediction including intra prediction and motion compensation, and inverse transformation.
  • the image data decoder 230 may perform intra prediction or motion compensation according to a partition and a prediction mode of each coding unit, based on the information about the partition type and the prediction mode of the prediction unit of the coding unit according to coded depths.
  • the image data decoder 230 may perform inverse transformation according to each transformation unit in the coding unit, based on the information about the transformation unit according to the coding units having a tree structure, so as to perform the inverse transformation according to maximum coding units.
  • a pixel value of a spatial domain in the coding unit may be restored through the inverse transformation.
  • the image data decoder 230 may determine at least one coded depth of a current maximum coding unit by using split information according to depths. If the split information indicates that image data is no longer split in the current depth, the current depth is a coded depth. Accordingly, the image data decoder 230 may decode encoded data of at least one coding unit corresponding to each coded depth in the current maximum coding unit by using the information about the partition type of the prediction unit, the prediction mode, and the transformation unit size for each coding unit corresponding to the coded depth, and output the image data of the current maximum coding unit.
  • data units containing the encoding information including the same split information may be gathered by observing the encoding information set assigned for the predetermined data unit from among the coding unit, the prediction unit, and the minimum unit, and the gathered data units may be considered to be one data unit to be decoded by the image data decoder 230 in the same encoding mode.
  • Decoding of the current coding unit may be performed by obtaining information about the encoding mode for each coding unit determined in such a manner.
  • the video decoding apparatus 200 of FIG. 8 may perform operations of the video decoding apparatus 20 described above with reference to FIG. 2 .
  • the receiver 210 and the image data and encoding information extractor 220 may perform operations of the parser 22 and the symbol decoder 24 of the video decoding apparatus 20.
  • the image data decoder 230 may perform operations of the symbol decoder 24 of the video decoding apparatus 20.
  • the receiver 210 receives a bitstream of an image, and the image data and encoding information extractor 220 parses symbols of image blocks from the received bitstream.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 may classify a current symbol into a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string based on a threshold value determined according to a size of a current block. For example, when the final coefficient position information of the transformation coefficient of the transformation unit is decoded, the threshold value for classifying the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string may be determined according to a size (width or height) of the transformation unit. Alternatively, the threshold value may be determined according to sizes of the slice including the current transformation unit, the maximum coding unit, the coding unit, the prediction unit, etc.
  • Arithmetic decoding is performed by using an arithmetic decoding method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string of the current symbol. Arithmetic decoding for determining the context modeling according to bit positions may be performed on the prefix bit string, and arithmetic decoding for omitting the context modeling may be performed on the suffix bit string by using the bypass mode.
  • inverse binarization is performed according to a binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the prefix region and the suffix region of the symbol may be restored by performing the inverse binarization according to the binarization method determined for each of the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the image data decoder 230 may restore image blocks by performing inverse transformation and prediction on the current block by using the current symbol restored through the arithmetic decoding and the inverse binarization.
  • the video decoding apparatus 200 may obtain information about at least one coding unit that generates the minimum encoding error when encoding is recursively performed for each maximum coding unit, and may use the information to decode the current picture.
  • the coding units having the tree structure determined to be the optimum coding units in each maximum coding unit may be decoded.
  • the image data may be efficiently decoded and restored by using a size of a coding unit and an encoding mode, which are adaptively determined according to characteristics of the image data, by using information about an optimum encoding mode received from an encoder.
  • FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of coding units, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a size of a coding unit may be expressed in width x height, and may be 64x64, 32x32, 16x16, and 8x8.
  • a coding unit of 64x64 may be split into partitions of 64x64, 64x32, 32x64, or 32x32
  • a coding unit of 32x32 may be split into partitions of 32x32, 32x16, 16x32, or 16x16
  • a coding unit of 16x16 may be split into partitions of 16x16, 16x8, 8x16, or 8x8, and a coding unit of 8x8 may be split into partitions of 8x8, 8x4, 4x8, or 4x4.
  • a resolution is 1920x1080
  • a maximum size of a coding unit is 64
  • a maximum depth is 2.
  • a resolution is 1920x1080
  • a maximum size of a coding unit is 64
  • a maximum depth is 3.
  • a resolution is 352x288, a maximum size of a coding unit is 16, and a maximum depth is 1.
  • the maximum depth shown in FIG. 9 denotes a total number of splits from a maximum coding unit to a minimum decoding unit.
  • a maximum size of a coding unit may be large so as to not only increase encoding efficiency but also to accurately reflect characteristics of an image. Accordingly, the maximum size of the coding unit of the video data 310 and 320 having a higher resolution than the video data 330 may be 64.
  • coding units 315 of the video data 310 may include a maximum coding unit having a long axis size of 64, and coding units having long axis sizes of 32 and 16 since depths are deepened to two layers by splitting the maximum coding unit twice.
  • coding units 335 of the video data 330 may include a maximum coding unit having a long axis size of 16, and coding units having a long axis size of 8 since depths are deepened to one layer by splitting the maximum coding unit once.
  • coding units 325 of the video data 320 may include a maximum coding unit having a long axis size of 64, and coding units having long axis sizes of 32, 16, and 8 since the depths are deepened to 3 layers by splitting the maximum coding unit three times. As a depth deepens, detailed information may be precisely expressed.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an image encoder 400 based on coding units, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the image encoder 400 performs operations of the coding unit determiner 120 of the video encoding apparatus 100 to encode image data.
  • an intra predictor 410 performs intra prediction on coding units in an intra mode, from among a current frame 405, and a motion estimator 420 and a motion compensator 425 perform inter estimation and motion compensation on coding units in an inter mode from among the current frame 405 by using the current frame 405, and a reference frame 495.
  • Data output from the intra predictor 410, the motion estimator 420, and the motion compensator 425 is output as a quantized transformation coefficient through a transformer 430 and a quantizer 440.
  • the quantized transformation coefficient is restored as data in a spatial domain through an inverse quantizer 460 and an inverse transformer 470, and the restored data in the spatial domain is output as the reference frame 495 after being post-processed through a deblocking unit 480 and a loop filtering unit 490.
  • the quantized transformation coefficient may be output as a bitstream 455 through an entropy encoder 450.
  • all elements of the image encoder 400 i.e., the intra predictor 410, the motion estimator 420, the motion compensator 425, the transformer 430, the quantizer 440, the entropy encoder 450, the inverse quantizer 460, the inverse transformer 470, the deblocking unit 480, and the loop filtering unit 490 perform operations based on each coding unit from among coding units having a tree structure while considering the maximum depth of each maximum coding unit.
  • the intra predictor 410, the motion estimator 420, and the motion compensator 425 determines partitions and a prediction mode of each coding unit from among the coding units having a tree structure while considering the maximum size and the maximum depth of a current maximum coding unit, and the transformer 430 determines the transformation unit size in each coding unit from among the coding units having a tree structure.
  • the entropy encoder 450 may perform symbol encoding on the prefix region and the suffix region by classifying a symbol into the prefix region and the suffix region according to a predetermined threshold value and using different binarization and arithmetic encoding methods with respect to the prefix region and the suffix region.
  • the threshold value for classifying the symbol into the prefix region and the suffix region may be determined based on sizes of data units of the symbol, that is, a slice, a maximum coding unit, a coding unit, a prediction unit, a transformation unit, etc.
  • FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an image decoder 500 based on coding units, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a parser 510 parses encoded image data to be decoded and information about encoding required for decoding from a bitstream 505.
  • the encoded image data is output as inverse quantized data through an entropy decoder 520 and an inverse quantizer 530, and the inverse quantized data is restored to image data in a spatial domain through an inverse transformer 540.
  • An intra predictor 550 performs intra prediction on coding units in an intra mode with respect to the image data in the spatial domain, and a motion compensator 560 performs motion compensation on coding units in an inter mode by using a reference frame 585.
  • the image data in the spatial domain which passed through the intra predictor 550 and the motion compensator 560, may be output as a restored frame 595 after being post-processed through a deblocking unit 570 and a loop filtering unit 580. Also, the image data that is post-processed through the deblocking unit 570 and the loop filtering unit 580 may be output as the reference frame 585.
  • the image decoder 500 may perform operations that are performed after the parser 510.
  • all elements of the image decoder 500 i.e., the parser 510, the entropy decoder 520, the inverse quantizer 530, the inverse transformer 540, the intra predictor 550, the motion compensator 560, the deblocking unit 570, and the loop filtering unit 580 perform operations based on coding units having a tree structure for each maximum coding unit.
  • the intra predictor 550 and the motion compensator 560 perform operations based on partitions and a prediction mode for each of the coding units having a tree structure, and the inverse transformer 540 perform operations based on a size of a transformation unit for each coding unit.
  • the entropy decoder 520 may perform symbol decoding for each of a prefix bit string and a suffix bit string by classifying the parsed symbol bit string into the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string according to a predetermined threshold value and using different binarization and arithmetic decoding methods with respect to the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string.
  • the threshold value for classifying the symbol bit string into the prefix bit string and the suffix bit string may be determined based on sizes of data units of the symbol, that is, a slice, a maximum coding unit, a coding unit, a prediction unit, a transformation unit, etc.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram showing deeper coding units according to depths and partitions, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 and the video decoding apparatus 200 use hierarchical coding units so as to consider characteristics of an image.
  • a maximum height, a maximum width, and a maximum depth of coding units may be adaptively determined according to the characteristics of the image, or may be differently set by a user. Sizes of deeper coding units according to depths may be determined according to the predetermined maximum size of the coding unit.
  • the maximum height and the maximum width of the coding units are each 64, and the maximum depth is 4.
  • the maximum depth denotes a total number of times splitting is performed from the maximum coding unit to the minimum coding unit. Since a depth deepens along a vertical axis of the hierarchical structure 600, a height and a width of the deeper coding unit are each split. Also, a prediction unit and partitions, which are bases for prediction encoding of each deeper coding unit, are shown along a horizontal axis of the hierarchical structure 600.
  • a coding unit 610 is a maximum coding unit in the hierarchical structure 600, wherein a depth is 0 and a size, i.e., a height by width, is 64x64.
  • the depth deepens along the vertical axis, and a coding unit 620 having a size of 32x32 and a depth of 1, a coding unit 630 having a size of 16x16 and a depth of 2, a coding unit 640 having a size of 8x8 and a depth of 3, and a coding unit 650 having a size of 4x4 and a depth of 4 exist.
  • the coding unit 650 having the size of 4x4 and the depth of 4 is a minimum coding unit.
  • the prediction unit and the partitions of a coding unit are arranged along the horizontal axis according to each depth.
  • the prediction unit may be split into partitions included in the encoding unit 610, i.e. a partition 610 having a size of 64x64, partitions 612 having the size of 64x32, partitions 614 having the size of 32x64, or partitions 616 having the size of 32x32.
  • a prediction unit of the coding unit 620 having the size of 32x32 and the depth of 1 may be split into partitions included in the coding unit 620, i.e. a partition 620 having a size of 32x32, partitions 622 having a size of 32x16, partitions 624 having a size of 16x32, and partitions 626 having a size of 16x16.
  • a prediction unit of the coding unit 630 having the size of 16x16 and the depth of 2 may be split into partitions included in the coding unit 630, i.e. a partition having a size of 16x16 included in the coding unit 630, partitions 632 having a size of 16x8, partitions 634 having a size of 8x16, and partitions 636 having a size of 8x8.
  • a prediction unit of the coding unit 640 having the size of 8x8 and the depth of 3 may be split into partitions included in the coding unit 640, i.e. a partition having a size of 8x8 included in the coding unit 640, partitions 642 having a size of 8x4, partitions 644 having a size of 4x8, and partitions 646 having a size of 4x4.
  • the coding unit 650 having the size of 4x4 and the depth of 4 is the minimum coding unit and a coding unit of the lowermost depth.
  • a prediction unit of the coding unit 650 is only assigned to a partition having a size of 4x4.
  • the coding unit determiner 120 of the video encoding apparatus 100 performs encoding for coding units corresponding to each depth included in the maximum coding unit 610.
  • a number of deeper coding units according to depths including data in the same range and the same size increases as the depth deepens. For example, four coding units corresponding to a depth of 2 are required to cover data that is included in one coding unit corresponding to a depth of 1. Accordingly, in order to compare encoding results of the same data according to depths, the coding unit corresponding to the depth of 1 and four coding units corresponding to the depth of 2 are each encoded.
  • a least encoding error may be selected for the current depth by performing encoding for each prediction unit in the coding units corresponding to the current depth, along the horizontal axis of the hierarchical structure 600.
  • the minimum encoding error may be searched for by comparing the least encoding errors according to depths, by performing encoding for each depth as the depth deepens along the vertical axis of the hierarchical structure 600.
  • a depth and a partition having the minimum encoding error in the coding unit 610 may be selected as the coded depth and a partition type of the coding unit 610.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram for describing a relationship between a coding unit and transformation units, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 or 200 encodes or decodes an image according to coding units having sizes smaller than or equal to a maximum coding unit for each maximum coding unit. Sizes of transformation units for transformation during encoding may be selected based on data units that are not larger than a corresponding coding unit.
  • transformation may be performed by using the transformation units 720 having a size of 32x32.
  • data of the coding unit 710 having the size of 64x64 may be encoded by performing the transformation on each of the transformation units having the size of 32x32, 16x16, 8x8, and 4x4, which are smaller than 64x64, and then a transformation unit having the least coding error may be selected.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram for describing encoding information of coding units according to depths, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the output unit 130 of the video encoding apparatus 100 may encode and transmit information 800 about a partition type, information 810 about a prediction mode, and information 820 about a size of a transformation unit for each coding unit corresponding to a coded depth, as information about an encoding mode.
  • the information 800 indicates information about a shape of a partition obtained by splitting a prediction unit of a current coding unit, wherein the partition is a data unit for prediction encoding the current coding unit.
  • a current coding unit CU_0 having a size of 2Nx2N may be split into any one of a partition 802 having a size of 2Nx2N, a partition 804 having a size of 2NxN, a partition 806 having a size of Nx2N, and a partition 808 having a size of NxN.
  • the information 800 about a partition type is set to indicate one of the partition 804 having a size of 2NxN, the partition 806 having a size of Nx2N, and the partition 808 having a size of NxN.
  • the information 810 indicates a prediction mode of each partition.
  • the information 810 may indicate a mode of prediction encoding performed on a partition indicated by the information 800, i.e., an intra mode 812, an inter mode 814, or a skip mode 816.
  • the information 820 indicates a transformation unit to be based on when transformation is performed on a current coding unit.
  • the transformation unit may be a first intra transformation unit 822, a second intra transformation unit 824, a first inter transformation unit 826, or a second inter transformation unit 828.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 of the video decoding apparatus 200 may extract and use the information 800, 810, and 820 for decoding, according to each deeper coding unit.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram showing deeper coding units according to depths, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Split information may be used to indicate a change of a depth.
  • the spilt information indicates whether a coding unit of a current depth is split into coding units of a lower depth.
  • a prediction unit 910 for prediction encoding a coding unit 900 having a depth of 0 and a size of 2N_0x2N_0 may include partitions of a partition type 912 having a size of 2N_0x2N_0, a partition type 914 having a size of 2N_0xN_0, a partition type 916 having a size of N_0x2N_0, and a partition type 918 having a size of N_0xN_0.
  • partitions of the prediction unit 910 may include asymmetrical partitions, partitions having a predetermined shape, and partitions having a geometrical shape.
  • Prediction encoding is repeatedly performed on one partition having a size of 2N_0x2N_0, two partitions having a size of 2N_0xN_0, two partitions having a size of N_0x2N_0, and four partitions having a size of N_0xN_0, according to each partition type.
  • the prediction encoding in an intra mode and an inter mode may be performed on the partitions having the sizes of 2N_0x2N_0, N_0x2N_0, 2N_0xN_0, and N_0xN_0.
  • the prediction encoding in a skip mode is performed only on the partition having the size of 2N_0x2N_0.
  • Errors of encoding including the prediction encoding in the partition types 912 through 918 are compared, and the least encoding error is determined among the partition types. If an encoding error is smallest in one of the partition types 912 through 916, the prediction unit 910 may not be split into a lower depth.
  • a depth is changed from 0 to 1 to split the partition type 918 in operation 920, and encoding is repeatedly performed on coding units 930 having a depth of 2 and a size of N_0xN_0 to search for a minimum encoding error.
  • a depth is changed from 1 to 2 to split the partition type 948 in operation 950, and encoding is repeatedly performed on coding units 960, which have a depth of 2 and a size of N_2xN_2 to search for a minimum encoding error.
  • a prediction unit 990 for prediction encoding a coding unit 980 having a depth of d-1 and a size of 2N_(d-1)x2N_(d-1) may include partitions of a partition type 992 having a size of 2N_(d-1)x2N_(d-1), a partition type 994 having a size of 2N_(d-1)xN_(d-1), a partition type 996 having a size of N_(d-1)x2N_(d-1), and a partition type 998 having a size of N_(d-1)xN_(d-1).
  • Prediction encoding may be repeatedly performed on one partition having a size of 2N_(d-1)x2N_(d-1), two partitions having a size of 2N_(d-1)xN_(d-1), two partitions having a size of N_(d-1)x2N_(d-1), four partitions having a size of N_(d-1)xN_(d-1) from among the partition types 992 through 998 to search for a partition type having a minimum encoding error.
  • a data unit 999 may be a 'minimum unit' for the current maximum coding unit.
  • a minimum unit according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a rectangular data unit obtained by splitting a minimum coding unit 980 by 4.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 may select a depth having the least encoding error by comparing encoding errors according to depths of the coding unit 900 to determine a coded depth, and set a corresponding partition type and a prediction mode as an encoding mode of the coded depth.
  • the minimum encoding errors according to depths are compared in all of the depths of 1 through d, and a depth having the least encoding error may be determined as a coded depth.
  • the coded depth, the partition type of the prediction unit, and the prediction mode may be encoded and transmitted as information about an encoding mode. Also, since a coding unit is split from a depth of 0 to a coded depth, only split information of the coded depth is set to 0, and split information of depths excluding the coded depth is set to 1.
  • the image data and encoding information extractor 220 of the video decoding apparatus 200 may extract and use the information about the coded depth and the prediction unit of the coding unit 900 to decode the partition 912.
  • the video decoding apparatus 200 may determine a depth, in which split information is 0, as a coded depth by using split information according to depths, and use information about an encoding mode of the corresponding depth for decoding.
  • FIGS. 16 to 18 are diagrams for describing a relationship between coding units, prediction units, and transformation units, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the coding units 1010 are coding units having a tree structure, corresponding to coded depths determined by the video encoding apparatus 100, in a maximum coding unit.
  • the prediction units 1060 are partitions of prediction units of each of the coding units 1010, and the transformation units 1070 are transformation units of each of the coding units 1010.
  • depths of coding units 1012 and 1054 are 1, depths of coding units 1014, 1016, 1018, 1028, 1050, and 1052 are 2, depths of coding units 1020, 1022, 1024, 1026, 1030, 1032, and 1048 are 3, and depths of coding units 1040, 1042, 1044, and 1046 are 4.
  • some encoding units 1014, 1016, 1022, 1032, 1048, 1050, 1052, and 1054 are obtained by splitting the coding units in the encoding units 1010.
  • partition types in the coding units 1014, 1022, 1050, and 1054 have a size of 2NxN
  • partition types in the coding units 1016, 1048, and 1052 have a size of Nx2N
  • a partition type of the coding unit 1032 has a size of NxN.
  • Prediction units and partitions of the coding units 1010 are smaller than or equal to each coding unit.
  • Transformation or inverse transformation is performed on image data of the coding unit 1052 in the transformation units 1070 in a data unit that is smaller than the coding unit 1052.
  • the coding units 1014, 1016, 1022, 1032, 1048, 1050, and 1052 in the transformation units 1070 are different from those in the prediction units 1060 in terms of sizes and shapes.
  • the video encoding and decoding apparatuses 100 and 200 may perform intra prediction, motion estimation, motion compensation, transformation, and inverse transformation individually on a data unit in the same coding unit.
  • Encoding information may include split information about a coding unit, information about a partition type, information about a prediction mode, and information about a size of a transformation unit.
  • Table 1 shows the encoding information that may be set by the video encoding and decoding apparatuses 100 and 200.
  • Table 1 Split Information 0 Split Information 1 (Encoding on Coding Unit having Size of 2Nx2N and Current Depth of d) Prediction Mode Partition Type Size of Transformation Unit Intra Symmetrical Partition Type Asymmetrical Partition Type Split Information 0 of Transformation Unit Split Information 1 of Transformation Unit Repeatedly Encode Coding Units having Lower Depth of d+1 Inter NxN (Symmetrical Type) Skip (Only 2Nx2N) 2Nx2N 2NxnU 2NxN 2NxnD 2Nx2N Nx2N nLx2N N/2xN/2 (Asymmetrical Type) NxN nRx2N
  • the output unit 130 of the video encoding apparatus 100 may output the encoding information about the coding units having a tree structure, and the image data and encoding information extractor 220 of the video decoding apparatus 200 may extract the encoding information about the coding units having a tree structure from a received bitstream.
  • Split information indicates whether a current coding unit is split into coding units of a lower depth. If split information of a current depth d is 0, a depth, in which a current coding unit is no longer split into a lower depth, is a coded depth, and thus information about a partition type, prediction mode, and a size of a transformation unit may be defined for the coded depth. If the current coding unit is further split according to the split information, encoding is independently performed on four split coding units of a lower depth.
  • a prediction mode may be one of an intra mode, an inter mode, and a skip mode.
  • the intra mode and the inter mode may be defined in all partition types, and the skip mode is defined only in a partition type having a size of 2Nx2N.
  • the information about the partition type may indicate symmetrical partition types having sizes of 2Nx2N, 2NxN, Nx2N, and NxN, which are obtained by symmetrically splitting a height or a width of a prediction unit, and asymmetrical partition types having sizes of 2NxnU, 2NxnD, nLx2N, and nRx2N, which are obtained by asymmetrically splitting the height or width of the prediction unit.
  • the asymmetrical partition types having the sizes of 2NxnU and 2NxnD may be respectively obtained by splitting the height of the prediction unit in 1:3 and 3:1, and the asymmetrical partition types having the sizes of nLx2N and nRx2N may be respectively obtained by splitting the width of the prediction unit in 1:3 and 3:1.
  • the transformation unit size may be set to be two types in the intra mode and two types in the inter mode. In other words, if split information of the transformation unit is 0, the transformation unit size may be 2Nx2N, which is the size of the current coding unit. If split information of the transformation unit is 1, the transformation units may be obtained by splitting the current coding unit. Also, if a partition type of the current coding unit having the size of 2Nx2N is a symmetrical partition type, a size of a transformation unit may be NxN, and if the partition type of the current coding unit is an asymmetrical partition type, the transformation unit size may be N/2xN/2.
  • the encoding information about coding units having a tree structure may include at least one of a coding unit corresponding to a coded depth, a prediction unit, and a minimum unit.
  • the coding unit corresponding to the coded depth may include at least one of a prediction unit and a minimum unit containing the same encoding information.
  • a corresponding coding unit corresponding to a coded depth is determined by using encoding information of a data unit, and thus a distribution of coded depths in a maximum coding unit may be determined.
  • encoding information of data units in deeper coding units adjacent to the current coding unit may be directly referred to and used.
  • a current coding unit is predicted based on encoding information of adjacent data units
  • data units adjacent to the current coding unit are searched using encoded information of the data units, and the searched adjacent coding units may be referred to for predicting the current coding unit.
  • FIG. 19 is a diagram for describing a relationship between a coding unit, a prediction unit, and a transformation unit according to encoding mode information of Table 1.
  • a maximum coding unit 1300 includes coding units 1302, 1304, 1306, 1312, 1314, 1316, and 1318 of coded depths.
  • the coding unit 1318 is a coding unit of a coded depth, split information may be set to 0.
  • Information about a partition type of the coding unit 1318 having a size of 2Nx2N may be set to be one of a partition type 1322 having a size of 2Nx2N, a partition type 1324 having a size of 2NxN, a partition type 1326 having a size of Nx2N, a partition type 1328 having a size of NxN, a partition type 1332 having a size of 2NxnU, a partition type 1334 having a size of 2NxnD, a partition type 1336 having a size of nLx2N, and a partition type 1338 having a size of nRx2N.
  • Split information (TU size flag) of a transformation unit is a kind of a transformation index, and a transformation unit size corresponding to the transformation index may vary according to a type of the prediction unit or the partition of the coding unit.
  • a transformation unit 1342 having a size of 2Nx2N is set if the split information of the transformation unit is 0, and a transformation unit 1344 having a size of NxN is set if a TU size flag is 1.
  • a transformation unit 1352 having a size of 2Nx2N is set if a TU size flag is 0, and a transformation unit 1354 having a size of N/2xN/2 is set if a TU size flag is 1.
  • the TU size flag is a flag having a value of 0 or 1, but the TU size flag is not limited to 1 bit, and a transformation unit may be hierarchically split having a tree structure while the TU size flag increases from 0.
  • the TU size flag may be used as an embodiment of the transformation index.
  • the video encoding apparatus 100 may encode maximum transformation unit size information, minimum transformation unit size information, and maximum transformation unit split information.
  • the encoded maximum transformation unit size information, minimum transformation unit size information, and maximum transformation unit split information may be inserted into an SPS.
  • the video decoding apparatus 200 may perform video decoding by using the maximum transformation unit size information, the minimum transformation unit size information, and the maximum transformation unit split information.
  • a transformation unit size may be set to 32x32, when the transformation unit split information is 1, the transformation unit size may be set to 16x16, and when the transformation unit split information is 2, the transformation unit size may be set to 8x8.
  • the transformation unit size may be set to 32x32, and since the transformation unit size is equal to or larger than 32x32, no more transformation unit split information may be set.
  • the transformation unit split information may be set to 0 or 1, and other transformation unit split information may not be set.
  • 'RootTuSize' which is a transformation unit size when the transformation unit split information is 0 may represent a maximum transformation unit size that may be adopted in a system.
  • 'RootTuSize/(2 ⁇ MaxTransformSizeIndex)' is a transformation unit size in which 'RootTuSize' is split a number of times corresponding to the maximum transformation unit split information and 'MinTransformSize' is a minimum transformation unit size, and thus a smaller value from among 'RootTuSize/(2 ⁇ MaxTransformSizeIndex)' and 'MinTransformSize' may be 'CurrMinTuSize' which is the minimum transformation unit size available in the current coding unit.
  • the 'RootTuSize' which is the maximum transformation unit size may vary according to a prediction mode.
  • a current prediction mode is an inter mode
  • the 'RootTuSize' may be determined according to formula (2) below.
  • 'MaxTransformSize' denotes a maximum transformation unit size
  • 'PUSize' denotes a current prediction unit size.
  • RootTuSize min MaxTransformSize PUSize
  • the 'RootTuSize' which is a transformation unit size when the transformation unit split information is 0 may be set to a smaller value from among the maximum transformation unit size and the current prediction unit size.
  • a prediction mode of a current partition unit is an intra mode
  • the 'RootTuSize' may be determined according to formula (3) below.
  • 'PartitionSize' denotes a current partition unit size.
  • RootTuSize min MaxTransformSize PartitionSize
  • the 'RootTuSize' may be set to a smaller value from among the maximum transformation unit size and the current partition unit size.
  • the current maximum transformation unit size 'RootTuSize' varying according to a prediction mode of the partition unit is just an example, and a factor for determining the current maximum transformation unit size is not limited thereto.
  • Image data of a spatial domain is encoded for each coding unit having a tree structure by using a video encoding method based on the coding units having a tree structure described above with reference to FIGS. 7 to 19 , and decoding is performed on each maximum coding unit by using a video decoding method based on the coding units having a tree structure, and thus the image data of the spatial domain is restored, thereby restoring a video which is a picture and a picture sequence.
  • the restored video may be reproduced by a reproducing apparatus, may be stored in a storage medium, or may be transmitted via a network.
  • the embodiments of the present invention may be written as computer programs and may be implemented in general-use digital computers that execute the programs using a computer readable recording medium.
  • Examples of the computer readable recording medium include magnetic storage media (e.g., ROM, floppy disks, hard disks, etc.) and optical recording media (e.g., CD-ROMs, or DVDs).
  • the invention might include, relate to, and/or be defined by, the following aspects:

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